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Putting his love for photography and travel together, New York-based photographer Richard Silver not just visits various spots around the world, he brings back delicious visual goodies of his travels. The photographer makes use of several techniques to capture images, though for the moment our primary interest would be dictated by his project Tilt Shift.

New York city and London are both huge cities and centers for culture with an influence that spreads not just to their respective regions, but can be very global in approach. This series of photographs explores how similar both the cities would be in appearance, the age-old yet modern London, and the comparatively new city of New York. Photographer Daniella Zalcman recently moved from New York to London, and this move prompted the series we see here.

High speed photography has brought us the goodness of things we saw everyday, but never actually noticed. Belgium-based photographer Manon Wethly created her project Flying Stuff. To strip it to the crude details, the project involves throwing liquids, and photographing the effect. Of course, that is easier said than done, but the photographing patterns the liquids form would be rewarding enough by way of satisfaction.

Photographer Jakob Wagner for his series Sightseeing Tunnel shows light is not just at the end of the tunnel, but very much a brilliant part of the tunnel itself. Lights and effects that the tunnel sports are quite enthralling, and to us, gives an appearance of what would be similar to moving through a well lit tunnel at a very high speed.

Zev is a fourteen year old with an imagination and photography skills that are quite impressive. In the surreal photographs, Zev plays with perspective to often shrink himself to the size of little objects as he journeys though what looks like a magical landscape.

Looking the part of full scale models, action figures in Daniel Picard‘s photo series 1:1 Toys are playing their usual roles and sometimes, what we don’t usually see in their tales. The pop culture action figures were placed so as to present an illusion of being full size.

Whenever we see tilt-shift photography, we’re like whoa! magic!. And that is exactly the reaction we had to this video by Nathan Kaso. The photographer spent almost 10 months in creating this video that puts the gigantic city of Melbourne into a miniature setting. The video keeps a focus on the city’s annual festivals and outdoor events that look all the more endearing when seen as miniatures.

Hong Kong’s skyscrapers are quite the interest grabbers. This set of images by Romain Jacquet-Lagreze shows the densely packed skyscrapers from a vertical perspective for the aptly named series Vertical Horizon. A stunning set of images of Hong Kong’s brilliant architecture, the series is availabe in a photobook form for ~$36.

An active volcano by definition is a place you want to go nowhere near. In that unfathomable danger however, lurks the sense of adventure and chances of awesome photographs. Two Kyrgyzstan-based photographers Andrew and Luda have a join LiveJournal account where they have uploaded images from the active volcano complex Tolbachik in Kamchatka peninsula, Russia. There’s every reason ever to take a good hard look at the shots and marvel at the work of the adventurous photographers.